Ideally, one’s office becomes a laboratory for inspired ideas. That magic seems to be already at work here. “We are in the throes of renovating the rest of the house, updating its Regency, Palm Beach-y style to make it more modern, more clean-lined, less stuffy,” Marlien says. “This new office has created a standard that the rest of the house will have to live up to. It’s exciting to think that this room will inspire everything else.” Although she might have trouble keeping the office totally her own. After everything was installed, Marlien’s nine-year old son told her, “This is the only place I feel comfortable in the house.”